I guess it’s pretty clear that I’m not a disciplined person. I mean, look at my desk. Well you can’t really look at it but you know what I mean. Look what happened with Jane’s candy jar. And look how many other times I’ve talked about chocolate—and trust me, I’m not just talking. Look at […]
Math Problems
According to family lore, when I was four years old, my parents were leaving for a trip and asked what I wanted them to bring back for me. I considered all my options– a doll, a dress, a hula hoop–and I asked for an arithmetic book. I know the story is true because I still remember the […]
Parental baggage
Most of us inherit some psychological “baggage” from our parents. The stuff we carry around for a lifetime which makes us who we are; the stuff we try to unload or understand at some point if we’re lucky. When we become parents, we continue the cycle, loading baggage onto our own kids, the stuff that will […]
Wedding Blues
Tonight I went to the wedding of Alli’s high school friend and Shane’s army buddy, who got together the night Alli lost her wedding ring. Unless I want to write all night, I can’t begin to address all the issues I have about weddings–which involve my mother and my two weddings and Alli’s wedding and wedding […]
Surviving Presidential Politics
As a child of lifetime Democrats and a devoted John F. Kennedy worshipper, I developed an early and permanent distaste for Richard Nixon. When he re-emerged onto the political scene, I vowed to friends that “I’m leaving the country if Nixon is elected.” When he did get elected in 1968, despite my threat to emigrate, I […]
It Happened Last Night….
…and like everything else in this blog, what you are about to read is true. 10 p.m. last night. Right after Project Runway. V’s brother comes over with his daughter every week to watch it with V and me. (The idea of that is quite a story in itself, but don’t let me get distracted.) Normally […]
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